An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 434

Teut. _hond_, h.o.m.o avarus.

HUNE, _s._ Delay.

V. ~Hone~.

_Dunbar._

_To_ HUNE, _v. n._ To emit a querulous sound, Ang.

Su. G. _hwin-a_, lugere.

HUNGRY GROUND, ground, by superst.i.tion, believed to be so much under the power of enchantment, that he who pa.s.ses over it would infallibly faint, if he did not use something for the support of nature, West of S.

_To_ HUNKER, _v. n._ To squat down.

_Gl. Shirr._

_To_ ~Hunker~, _v. a._ The same.

_Pop. Ball._

~Hunkers~, _s. pl. To sit on one's hunkers_, to sit with the hips hanging downwards, S.

Isl. _huk-a_, incurvare se modo cacantis.

HUPES _of a mill_, _s. pl._ The circular wooden frame, which surrounds the millstones, Loth. q. _hoops_.

_To_ HUR, _v. n._ To snarl.

_Muses Thren._

Lat. _hirr-ire_, id.

HURBLE, _s._ A lean or meagre object, S. B.

HURCHAM, _adj._ Like a hedgehog.

_Dunbar._

HURCHEON, _s._ A hedgehog, S.

HURD, HURDE, _s._ A h.o.a.rd, S.

_Wyntown._

HURDIES, _s. pl._ The b.u.t.tocks, S.

_Lyndsay._

HURDYS, _s. pl._ Hurdles.

_Gawan and Gol._

Germ. _hurd_, Belg. _horde_, Fr. _hourde_.

_To_ HURDLE, _v. n._ To crouch like a cat or hare, S. B.

_Gl. Shirrefs._

HURE, h.o.r.e, _s._ A wh.o.r.e, S.

_G.o.dly Sangs._

A. S. _hure_, Teut. _hur_, Belg. _h.o.e.re_.

~Huredome~, Wh.o.r.edom, id.

_To_ HURKILL, HURKLE, _v. n._

1. To draw the body together, S.

_Douglas._

2. To be in a rickety state.

_Dunbar._

3. To be contracted into folds.

_Ritson._

~Hurkle-backit~, _adj._ Crook-backed, S.